A taxi driver is recovering after two men who asked for directions pulled him from his vehicle and made off.

Two men approached the taxi driver in the Distillery Street area of West Belfast on Tuesday 17 February, just before 8pm.

The pair asked for directions before pulling the taxi driver from his car and driving off in it. The silver coloured Toyota Avensis was found on fire on the Rusheyhill Road in Hannahstown a short time later.

The taxi driver was treated in hospital for an injury to his shoulder and back.

Detective Sergeant Melanie McGrory is appealing for anyone with any information about this incident to contact CID at Musgrave Police Station on the non-emergency number 101.